CATX Collar Strategy
CATX (Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.), in the Healthcare sector, (Medical - Devices industry), listed on AMEX.
Perspective Therapeutics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, sells, and markets isotope-based medical products and devices for the treatment of cancer and other malignant diseases in the United States and internationally. The company offers CS-1 Cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds for the treatment of prostate, brain, lung, head and neck, gynecological, pelvic/abdominal, and colorectal cancers. It sells its products to facilities or physician practices that utilize various surgical facilities. The company was formerly known as Isoray, Inc. and changed its name to Perspective Therapeutics, Inc. in February 2022. Perspective Therapeutics, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Richland, Washington.
CATX (Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.) trades in the Healthcare sector, specifically Medical - Devices, with a market capitalization of approximately $295.1M, a beta of 1.76 versus the broader market, a 52-week range of 1.96-6.16, average daily share volume of 1.6M, a public-listing history dating back to 2005, approximately 138 full-time employees. These structural characteristics shape how CATX stock options price implied volatility around earnings windows, capital events, and macro-driven sector rotations.
A beta of 1.76 indicates CATX has historically moved more than the broader market, amplifying both the directional payoff and the realized volatility relative to an index-equivalent position.
What is a collar on CATX?
A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot.
Current CATX snapshot
As of May 15, 2026, spot at $3.83, ATM IV 249.70%, IV rank 57.68%, expected move 71.59%. The collar on CATX below is built from the same end-of-day chain, with strikes snapped to listed contracts and premiums pulled from the bid/ask midpoint at a 34-day expiry.
Why this collar structure on CATX specifically: IV regime affects collar pricing on both sides; mid-range CATX IV at 249.70% typically pushes the short call premium to roughly offset the long put cost, with a market-implied 1-standard-deviation move of approximately 71.59% (roughly $2.74 on the underlying). The 34-day window matched to the front-month expiry keeps theta exposure bounded while still capturing the post-snapshot move; longer-dated CATX expiries trade a higher absolute premium for lower per-day decay. Position sizing on CATX should anchor to the underlying notional of $3.83 per share and to the trader's directional view on CATX stock.
CATX collar setup
The CATX collar below is built from the end-of-day chain, with each option leg priced at the bid/ask midpoint of its listed strike. With CATX near $3.83, the first option leg uses a $4.02 strike; additional legs (when the strategy has them) anchor to spot-relative offsets. Premiums come from the bid/ask midpoint on the listed CATX chain at a 34-day expiry; the cross-strike IV skew is reflected directly in the per-leg values rather than approximated. Quantity sizing assumes one contract per option leg (or 100 CATX shares for the stock leg in covered calls and collars).
| Action | Type | Strike / Basis | Premium (est) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buy 100 shares | Stock | $3.83 | long |
| Sell 1 | Call | $4.02 | N/A |
| Buy 1 | Put | $3.64 | N/A |
CATX collar risk and reward
- Net Premium / Debit
- N/A
- Max Profit (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Max Loss (per contract)
- Unbounded
- Breakeven(s)
- None on modeled curve
- Risk / Reward Ratio
- N/A
Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium.
CATX collar payoff curve
Modeled P&L at expiration across a range of underlying prices for the collar on CATX. Each row is one sampled price point from the computed payoff curve; the full curve uses 200 price points internally before being summarized into 10 rows here.
When traders use collar on CATX
Collars on CATX hedge an existing long CATX stock position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
CATX thesis for this collar
The market-implied 1-standard-deviation range for CATX extends from approximately $1.09 on the downside to $6.57 on the upside. A CATX collar hedges an existing long CATX position with a protective put while financing the put cost via a short call; when the premiums roughly offset, the collar acts as a near-zero-cost insurance band around the current spot. Current CATX IV rank near 57.68% is mid-range against its 1-year distribution, so the IV signal is neutral; the collar thesis on CATX should anchor more to the directional view and the expected-move geometry. As a Healthcare name, CATX options can move on sector-level news flow (peer earnings, regulatory updates, industry-specific macro data) in addition to CATX-specific events.
CATX collar positions are structurally neutral (protective); the modeled P&L assumes European-style exercise at expiration and ignores early assignment, transaction costs, dividends paid before expiry on the stock leg (when present), and the bid-ask spread on the listed chain. CATX positions also carry Healthcare sector concentration risk; news flow inside the sector (peer earnings, regulatory shifts, supply-chain headlines) can move CATX alongside the broader basket even when CATX-specific fundamentals are unchanged. Always rebuild the position from current CATX chain quotes before placing a trade.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a collar on CATX?
- A collar on CATX is the collar strategy applied to CATX (stock). The strategy is structurally neutral (protective): A collar pairs long stock with a protective out-of-the-money put financed by a short out-of-the-money call, capping both tails of the position around the current spot. With CATX stock trading near $3.83, the strikes shown on this page are snapped to the nearest listed CATX chain strike and the premiums come straight from the end-of-day bid/ask midpoint.
- How are CATX collar max profit and max loss calculated?
- Max profit roughly equals short-call strike minus cost basis plus net premium; max loss roughly equals cost basis minus long-put strike minus net premium. Breakeven shifts by the net premium. For the CATX collar priced from the end-of-day chain at a 30-day expiry (ATM IV 249.70%), the computed maximum profit is unbounded per contract and the computed maximum loss is unbounded per contract. Live intraday quotes will differ as the chain moves through the trading session.
- What is the breakeven for a CATX collar?
- The breakeven for the CATX collar priced on this page is no defined breakeven on the modeled curve at expiration, derived from end-of-day chain premiums. Breakeven is the underlying price at which the strategy's P&L crosses zero ignoring transaction costs and assignment risk. The current CATX market-implied 1-standard-deviation expected move is approximately 71.59%; if the move sits well outside the breakeven distance, the structure's risk-reward becomes correspondingly tighter.
- When should you consider a collar on CATX?
- Collars on CATX hedge an existing long CATX stock position; the long put sets a floor while the short call finances it, often run as a near-zero-cost hedge during expected volatility windows.
- How does current CATX implied volatility affect this collar?
- CATX ATM IV is at 249.70% with IV rank near 57.68%, which is mid-range against its 1-year history. Strategy selection depends more on directional thesis and expected move than on a strong IV signal.